Copyrighted Image? DMCA | James Risen, a New York Times reporter, will not be called to testify at a leak trial scheduled to begin this week, lawyers said Monday, ending a seven-year legal fight over whether he could be forced to identify his confidential sources. "We said from the very beginning that under no circumstances would Jim identify confidential sources to the government or anyone else," Mr. Risen's lawyer, Joel Kurtzberg, said. "The significance of this goes beyond Jim Risen. It affects journalists everywhere. Journalists need to be able to uphold that confidentiality in order to do their jobs." |